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Saber-toothed cats became inbred—and struggled to move—before they went extinct

“I’m not a provocateur,” insists Alex Byrne, the MIT philosopher who helped author a report for the Trump administration on youth gender medicine

Trenchant but sententious, John Berger could sound like Platonov one moment, the next like Alain de Botton

Saving Memphis

How Trump's Tariffs Undermine US Trustworthiness and Credibility—and What Can Be Done to Stop it

Public Health Needs MAHA

Does This Photo from the Curiosity Rover Prove an Intense Sandstorm on Mars?

Large Libel Models Decision in China

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No, we are not post-literate. The reading panic is merely the result of histrionic op-eds that misdiagnose the erosion of literary culture

The heart has a ‘little brain’ — and it protects against stress

Durkheim called it "collective effervescence." The rest of us call it getting gussied up to drink, dance, and have fun

Beyond Greece and Rome

We've Been Wrong About Nuclear Power

In 1994, Stanley Fish described deconstruction as dead in the same way that Freudianism is dead. "It is everywhere.” He had a point